maracaibo

     

Maracaibo is the secon-largest city in Venezuela after the national capital Caracas and is the capital of Zulia state. Based on the 2001 census information, the estimated population of Maracaibo in 2007 is 3,200,000 inhabitants.

Trivia about maracaibo

  • General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, one of the world's longest, spans this Venezuelan lake
  • This Venezuelan port grew slowly until oil was discovered at a lake of the same name in 1917
  • This oil-producing Venezuelan city was founded in 1571 as Nueva Zamora
  • Venezuela's second-largest city, it lies on the shore of a lake with which it shares its name